--- William Hooper <whooperhsd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Andy Green said: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Tuesday 11 November 2003 12:32, John Hodrien wrote: > > > >> Once you've got an RPM database that only loosely reflects what you've > >> actually got installed you'll get into this situation more and more. > > > > Wow, I guess you never had to touch a .tar.gz, or a binary-only thing like > > flash or nVidia... or pull something from CVS and cook it to get a broken > > thing working... Welcome To The Real World, Neo, where not everything you > > need is packaged. > > > >> Or maybe people just enjoy living in a world of pain? > > > > I'm happy when I can get on with my work with a minimum of detours into > > mysteries. If a later RPM with a real .so.3 wants to crap on my symlink > > I'm > > happy. > > > The more likely to happen problem is software relying on something > provided by libcom_err.so.3 that isn't provided by libcom_err.so.2. So > you know, six months down the road, when you forgot you made that symlink > and a newly installed program just keeps bombing out. Then you start > wasting your time and developer's time trying to troubleshoot it. If you > search bugzilla, you'll find libcom_err.so.3 is gone. If you have a > binary RPM that requires it the best coarse of action is to rebuild that > RPM so it matches your installed libraries. > Do I need the SRPM for that then? I only have an RPM. Is it possible to rebuild using that and changing the dependency to libcom_err.so.3? I decided against installing the new krb5-workstation when FC1 came up. Can I now not just install the old krb5-workstation and get a "better" solution to the problem. Thanks and best wishes! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree
